‖ literato
(lɪtəˈrɑːtəʊ)
Also 8 litterato.
[It. litterato, ad. L. litterātus.]
One of the literati; a man of letters or erudition; a learned man. Cf. literatus.
| 1704 N. N. tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. I. 91 Every Literato is proud of the Honour of his [Bacon's] Company. 1711 Steele Spect. No. 53 ¶9 Some may think we descend from our Imperial Dignity, in holding Correspondence with a private Litterato [v.r. Litterati]. ? 1789 Cowper Let. to W. Bagot Wks. 1836 VI. 266 A folio edition of the Iliad, published..at Venice, by a literato, who calls himself Villoison. 1851 R. F. Burton Goa 100 You cannot boast of ever having produced a single eminent literato. |